Publications by authors named "F B Lacroix"

Article Synopsis
  • * There are big differences in climate risks if we exceed temperature limits versus if we stay within them, including effects on sea levels and ice.
  • * To prevent dangerous climate changes, we need to find ways to remove a lot of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but this could be hard and expensive to do, meaning we need to act quickly to cut emissions instead.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • The study focuses on the well-being and social inclusion of children with disabilities in ordinary schools in France, involving responses from 491 parents.
  • The research indicates that a child's disability type and age affect their well-being and inclusion, while factors like gender, academic performance, and socioeconomic status have little impact.
  • Enhancing the quality of relationships between parents and teachers, along with better school accommodations, can significantly improve the well-being and social inclusion of these children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Bacteria have developed a wide range of strategies to respond to stress, one of which is the rapid large-scale reorganization of their nucleoid. Nucleoid associated proteins (NAPs) are believed to be major actors in nucleoid remodeling, but the details of this process remain poorly understood. Here, using the radiation resistant bacterium D.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

At the end of 2020, an outbreak of HPAI H5N8 was registered in captive African houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata) in the United Arab Emirates. In order to better understand the pathobiology of this viral infection in bustards, a comprehensive pathological characterization was performed. A total of six birds were selected for necropsy, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, RNAscope in situ hybridization and RT-qPCR and nanopore sequencing on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Purpose: ACR and AAPM task group's guidelines addressing commissioning for dedicated MR simulators were recently published. The goal of the current paper is to present the authors' 2-year experience regarding the commissioning and introduction of a QA program based on these guidelines and an associated automated workflow.

Methods: All mandatory commissioning tests suggested by AAPM report 284 were performed and results are reported for two MRI scanners (MAGNETOM Sola and Aera).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF